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QUANTUM GRAPHITE LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2015
May 12, 2015
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Capital/Financing Update
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ASIA PACIFIC I EUROPE I NORTH AMERICA
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13 May 2015
Dear Shareholder
Renounceable Rights Issue
On Thursday 7 May 2015, Valence Industries Limited (ASX:VXL) (Valence) announced a 1 for 6 renounceable pro rata entitlement issue at 29 cents per new Valence share, together with one (1) free attaching listed option (in the same class as the existing listed options) for every 2 shares subscribed for ( Rights Issue ).
The issue price of 29 cents per new share represents a discount of approximately 19.7 % to the 5 day volume weighted average closing price of Valence shares up to and including Thursday 30 April 2015 (being the last trading day prior to announcement of the Rights Issue).
The Rights Issue is seeking to raise approximately A$9.4 million (before costs and expenses of the offer). The net funds raised by the Rights Issue will be applied towards:
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Completion of 2015 drilling, assay and metallurgy program
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Construction of scalable tailings facilities and process water return systems
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Completion of existing plant commissioning
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Preliminary engineering and design for production expansion
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Costs of the Placement, Rights Issue and First Debt Facility (see ASX announcement on 7 May 2015); and
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Working capital requirements
The Directors are pleased that you will be offered the opportunity to participate in this capital raising to fund Valence’s exciting expansion and development. We are hopeful that you will continue your loyal support of Valence.
w w w . v a l e n c e i n d u s t r i e s . c o m 60 Hindmarsh Square I Adelaide I South Australia I 5000 I Australia p: +61 8 8215 6400 I e: [email protected] ABN 41 008 101 979
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Key Terms of Rights Issue
In accordance with the requirements of the ASX Listing Rules, the following information on the Rights Issue and Valence is provided.
| Terms of issue of | New shares will rank equally in all respects with the existing class of |
New shares will rank equally in all respects with the existing class of |
New shares will rank equally in all respects with the existing class of |
New shares will rank equally in all respects with the existing class of |
New shares will rank equally in all respects with the existing class of |
New shares will rank equally in all respects with the existing class of |
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ed fully paid ordinary |
shares on issue. |
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| New liste |
options will rank equ options (exercisable |
ally in all respects wit at 25 cents subject t |
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| Record Date | The reco |
rd date for determini |
ng entitlements is 7:0 | 0pm (AEST | ) on | ||
| Monday | 18 May 2015. | ||||||
| Fractional |
Any fract |
ional entitlements wi |
ll be rounded up to th | e nearest | whole | ||
| entitlements | number. | ||||||
| Renounceable | The Righ |
ts Issue is renounceab |
le. This means that if |
you do no |
t wish to |
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| accept al that part |
l or part of your entit of your entitlement t |
ement under the Rig hat you do not wish t |
ts Issue yo o accept ei |
u may sell ther on ASX |
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or off-ma |
rket during the rights |
trading period to a t |
hird party |
who need not |
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| be anoth | er Shareholder of Val | ence. | |||||
| Eligibility | Only sha |
reholders with registe |
red addresses in Aust |
ralia or Ne |
w Zealand as |
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| at the re | cord date will be eligi | le to participate in t | e Rights Is | sue. | |||
| Fees | The L |
ead Manager will rec |
eive a fee in connecti |
on with the |
Placement |
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| and total |
he Rights Issue of a c amount raised under |
ash amount equal to the Placement and 4 |
60,000 pl .0% raised |
s 6.0% of the under the |
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| Right |
s Issue. |
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| No h beha |
andling fees will be p lf of security holders. |
aid to brokers who lo |
ge accept | nces on | |||
| The max | imum number of new | shares to be issued | under the | Rights Issue is | |||
| Maximum number of securities to be |
32,299,9 |
41 and the maximum |
number of new opt 1 |
ions to be |
issued under |
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| issued | the Righ the max |
s Issue is 16,164,971 imum number of sh |
. This means that fo ares on issue will b |
llowing th e 226,309 |
e Rights Issue, ,585 and the |
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| maximu |
m number of options |
on issue will be 97,1 | 57,9912wit | h 71,907,9923 | |||
| of those | being quoted on ASX. | ||||||
| Dividend Policy | Valence dividend |
oes not have a divid in the near future. |
nd policy and does n | ot intend t | o declare a | ||
| Shareholder approval |
1 based on the undiluted share capital of Valence as at the close of trade on 6 May 2015, without taking into account the impact of rounding, but also taking into account the placement of 7,117,665 shares announced on 7 May 2015, which will be issued before the Record Date.
2 As above
3 As above
w w w . v a l e n c e i n d u s t r i e s . c o m
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Full details of the Rights Issue are set out in the Prospectus and Appendix 3B lodged with ASIC and ASX on Thursday 7 May 2015. The Prospectus is available to download from both the ASX website (at www.asx.com.au) and Valence’s website (at www.valence industries.com) and is expected to be sent out to shareholders on Thursday 21 May 2015.
You are encouraged to read the Prospectus in full before making a decision in respect of the Rights Issue. To accept all or part of your entitlement under the Rights Issue you will need to complete the acceptance form that will accompany the Prospectus to be sent to shareholders.
Valence will not be sending an offer under the Rights Issue to any shareholder who does not have a registered address in Australia or New Zealand as at the record date.
Indicative Timetable
The anticipated timetable for the Rights Issue is as follows:
| The anticipated timetable for the Rights Issue is as follows: | |
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| EVENT | DATE |
| Announcement of Rights Issue– announcement of Rights Issue | Thursday 7 May 2015 |
| Lodgement of Prospectus– Prospectus lodged with ASIC and ASX and ASX Appendix 3B lodged with ASX |
Thursday 7 May 2015 |
| Notice to Shareholders– notice sent to Shareholders containing information required by Appendix 3B |
Wednesday 13 May 2015 |
| Ex date | Thursday 14 May 2015 |
| Rights trading commences– the date on which Shares commence trading without the entitlement to participate in the Rights Issue and Rights trading commences |
Thursday 14 May 2015 |
| Record date– the date for determining entitlements of Shareholders to participate in the Rights Issue |
7:00pm (AEST) Monday 18 May 2015 |
| Prospectus sent to Shareholders– despatch of Prospectus and Entitlement and Acceptance Forms – Rights Issue opens for acceptances |
Thursday 21 May 2015 |
| Last day of Rights trading | Thursday 4 June 2015 |
| Securities quoted on a deferred settlement basis | Friday 5 June 2015 |
| Last date to extend Closing Date | Tuesday 9 June 2015 |
| Closing Date– The last day for receipt of acceptance forms | 5:00pm (AEST) Friday 12 June 2015 |
| Shortfall notification date | Wednesday 17 June 2015 |
| Issued date– Allotment of New Shares. Deferred settlement trading ends |
Friday 19 June 2015 |
| Expected commencement of normal trading in New Shares (and New Options, if admitted to quotation) on ASX |
Monday 22 June 2015 |
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Valence reserves the right to amend this timetable subject to the ASX Listing Rules.
If you have any queries about the Rights Issue, you should consult your stockbroker or other professional adviser or contact Valence’s Share Registry, Link Market Services Ltd, on +61 1800 009 918 (toll free within Australia).
Yours sincerely,
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Jaroslaw (Jarek) Kopias Company Secretary
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